Luckily, common sense had never been a strong suit of mine and my feet moved faster than my brain.
Fizz had a phrase for those manic occasions when you scaled every final peak, fell off the other side and passed out. Mightysatiety. The oblivion of maximum pleasure.
The last thing I remembered was joining the crew in a rendition of “Take to the Sky,” but the rest of the time blurred after I drank absinthe with the Captain.
They shot one of ours.” The lines deepened around his grey eyes. “I’d waste the whole army for spilling a drop of my crew’s blood.
Kiss me again. Let me imagine for a moment that you belong to me. The memory will keep me company in my solitude.
You promoted me for my ruthless stubbornness and dog-headed determination, not my tech savvy. Plus, I’m a damn good shot.
Edwin’s creations landed hit or miss on the board and one miss a year ago ended with us heaving overboard for a week. Fortifying meal solutions, my ass.
Only by renunciation of the desire to manipulate and control will the ego melt into the Universal Self of Infinite, Eternal Love.
Whoever you are, or whatever it is that you do, when you really want something, it's because that desire originated in the soul of the universe. It's your mission on earth.
And all of the scientific data, statistical facts and empirical evidence can't compete with the indefinable heart's desire. For if in the end, she loves you, and she chooses you…none of the rest of this will matter.
True passion motivates the life forces and brings forth all things good. ... desire is the poor cousin to passion, ever hungry and with no real result.
Whether it's trying to convince others that something is more true, more virtuous, or more desirable--all communication is rhetoric in action.
But I, Caesar, have not sought to amass wealth by the practice of my art, having been rather contented with a small fortune and reputation, than desirous of abundance accompanied by a want of reputation.
When we pour out our miseries, He hears a melody of us needing and desiring what only He can give.
Success comes to us when we have a burning desire to achieve and we focus our full power on achieving that.
Anna loved and didn’t love sex. Anna needed and didn’t need it. Her relationship with sex was a convoluted partnership that rose from both her passivity and an unassailable desire to be distracted.
Remember that our desires will not arrive by our schedule. If you really want to make God laugh, tell Him your plans.
I realised, in all humility, that chosing to lead one kind of life means putting aside the desire to pursue other option.
The moment that counts most for me is the one that precedes reading. At times a title is enough to kindle in me the desire for a book that perhaps does not exist.
Men in prayer give greater license to their unlawful desires than if they were telling jocular tales among their equals.
If you are serious about your goals and you truly desire to achieve your dreams, you must write them down.
